21. Envoy of EaglesAndor scraped his bowl clean and smiled sheepishly at his brother. Aiden could not help but smile back. He gave the briefest of nods towards the far end of the hall, but it was enough to send Andor scurrying off through the Torelia kitchens to ask the cook for more. Aiden laughed quietly at him. He had not realised what relief it would bring to have his family with him. But even still, it was a happiness tempered with a heaviness of heart. His parents had not made it. Neither had Aran or Sanna. They had all been captured for refusing to give him up. Now he did not know what to do. He had family that he had to look after, but he also had family he needed to rescue. How to do both? The only thing he was sure of was that he was not going to abandon his parents or his aunt a

